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Patented Feb; 14; 1888.

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JOSEPH P. NOYES, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH P.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,769, dated Pebruary'l l, 1888.-

I Application filed October 7, 1887. Serial No. 251,727. (No model.) I

gTo all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, JOSEPH P. blows, a citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, county of Broome, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combs, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to that general class of combs which are provided with metal backs, and particularly to improvements in the construction and arrangement of the metal back, whereby the comb is strengthened and made more durable, and whereby also its appearance is greatly improved.

A full understanding of the improvements constituting the invention can be best given by an illustration anda description of both the old and the improved forms. Such description will therefore be given, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a side view and an enlarged cross-section of a metal-backed comb as heretofore ordinarily constructed.

Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a metalbacked comb embodying the improvements constituting the present invention.

it is to be understood that the comb as therein illustrated is of the ordinary form in which these combs have heretofore been constructed. In this class of combs the parts a b, having respectively the fine and coarse teeth, are commonly made in separate pieces, the two pieces being united by the metal back 0, which also serves to strengthen the back portion, at, of the comb, so as to prevent it from breaking.

In order to retain the parts a b in the back a, they are'provided along the sides of their back portions, d, with grooves or channels 2,

into which the edges 3 of the back 0 are forced, as shown in Fig. 2. The channels 2'are necessarily made at some distance from the bases of Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 and 2,

the teeth, because if they are made at the j'unction of the teeth with the back (1 the teeth will be so weakenedv that they will be liable to break in use. From this it results that a por- -tion of the back 01 has been left exposed, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the combs of this class are made, the horn, of which material they are usually composed, is in a somewhat green or moist condition, from which it results that after a time the horn shrinks,-so

that the back portions, d, of the two parts at become separated a short distance, as indicated at 5, thus leaving a notch which is objectionablenot only because it injures the appearance of the comb, but because the sharp cor- 6o ers of the portions d are liable to catch :upon

the hair, and also because, it affords a recess for the accumulation of dirt, which makes it more difficult to keep the comb clean.

It is the object of the present improvement-s to remove this objectionable feature, and to that end Iprovide the edges of the metallic back 0 with projecting flanges 4, which overlap and cover the back portions, d, down to thebases of the teeth. ,By this means notonly is the joint between the meeting ends of the portions d entirely covered, so as to give a. smooth and perfect appearance to the comb and leave no recess to receive dirt and catch upon the hair, but extra strength and rigidity 7 5 are given to the comb-back. 1

WVhat I claim is- -X In a metal-backed comb, the back 0, having edges 3 to engage with the channels 2 formed in the back portion, d, and having the project- 8) ing flanges 4t overlapping the portion at to the bases of the teeth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH P. NOYES.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. WINANS, NEWTON 0. SMITH. 

